Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Brown & Brown’s Huval Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Board
Apr 17 2017 // Louisiana-based private, nonprofit, mutual workers’ compensation insurance company, LWCC, has welcomed Thomas K. “Tommy” Huval as the newest member to its board of directors. Gov. John Bel Edwards...
Risk Management: Employers Benefit from Mitigating Workplace Violence
Apr 17 2017 // Each year, close to 2 million workers are victims of workplace violence in the United States, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The federal agency defines workplace violence as any act...
Iowa GOP’s Workers’ Comp Bill Signed by Governor
Apr 17 2017 // Iowa Gov. Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a controversial workers’ compensation bill that reduces benefits for injured workers, notably benefits for shoulder injuries, and decreases coverage for injuries tied to a...
Downward Trend in Workers’ Comp Claims Continues in Minnesota
Apr 17 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
Kentucky Bill Reducing Black Lung Claim Assessments Headed to Governor
Apr 17 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation aimed at reducing the beleaguered coal industry’s costs to cover claims by workers suffering from black lung disease. The plan, presented by Republican Senate President Robert...
California State Fund 2016 Report Shows 128K Policies Written
Apr 17 2017 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s 2016 annual report shows a net income of $192 million in 2016. Other important highlights from the newly released report include: 128,000 policies written in...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 17 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s California...
Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 17 2017 // The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly $7 million insurance and tax scam. Hyok “Steven” Kwon and his wife, Woo...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 17 2017 // The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California...
1 Killed in Explosion at Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri
Apr 13 2017 // An explosion on April 11 at a sprawling ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri, killed one worker and injured four others, the U.S. Army said. The blast at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, just...
Atlantic Drain Cited for 18 Violations in Massachusetts Trench Collapse
Apr 13 2017 // Robert Higgins and Kelvin Mattocks died on Oct. 21, 2016, in Boston, Mass., when the approximately 12-foot deep trench in which they were working collapsed, breaking an adjacent fire hydrant supply line and filling the...
Florida Workers’ Comp Reform Battle Far From Over
Apr 13 2017 // Several bills addressing changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation system were filed this legislative session in response to court decisions from the state’s high court in 2016, but it remains to be seen...
California Workers’ Comp Board Submits Lower Filing than Industry Average
Apr 11 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday submitted a July 1 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing advisory pure premium rates that average $2.02 per $100 of...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 11 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report out today from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s...
Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 11 2017 // The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with a nearly $7 million insurance and tax scam. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Hyok...
Ohio Coal Miner Creates Fake Employment Records in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 10 2017 // A former coal miner from northeast Ohio owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $40,000 after BWC investigators found him creating phony employment records to secure BWC cash benefits, the...
OSHA Delays Obama Silica Safety Standard for Construction Industry
Apr 7 2017 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry. The rule, on which OSHA...
Hanover Stone Practice Aims to Control Workers’ Comp Costs
Apr 7 2017 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, has established a dedicated, national practice group to help employers manage workers’ compensation costs. Barry E. Thompson, who has more than 30 years of...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing
Apr 6 2017 // The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee to submit a lower mid-year pure premium rate filing to the California...
Report: Workers’ Comp Claims, Costs Continue Downward Trend in Minnesota
Apr 6 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
